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The differential grasshopper (Melanoplus differentialis) is a species of grasshopper belonging to the genus Melanoplus found throughout northern Mexico, central United States and southern Ontario, Canada. It is considered a pest in most of its range.he differential grasshopper (Melanoplus differentialis) is a species of grasshopper belonging to the genus Melanoplus found throughout northern Mexico, central United States and southern Ontario, Canada. It is considered a pest in most of its range.
Grasshoppers use their palps to feed on plants. Grasshoppers are insects of the order Orthoptera, which also includes crickets and katydids. There are many hundreds of known species of grasshoppers in more than 125 known genera. These incredibly abundant herbivores exist on every continent except Antarctica.